A resource for Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series reveals the contours of African American migration to the North during the 1920s and 1930s. It tells the story of African American migrants as a process, through a series of numbered paintings, meant to be displayed side-by-side. In 1941, the Migration Series appeared in Fortune Magazine. The Whitney Museum of American Art as a wonderful online exhibition, Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories. Review this material and use it as a resource for your upcoming essay.